Quotes from Alexandre Dumas

El carruaje partió inmediatamente, y aprovechando Artagnan la oscuridad que reinaba en la bóveda bajo la cual pasaba, se arrojó en brazos del prisionero exclamando: - ¡Rochefort! ¿Sois vos? ¡No me equivoco...!

Nu suntem niciodat? chit cu cei fa?? de care avem obliga?ii...,c?ci, dac? nu le mai dator?m bani, le dator?m totu?i recuno?tin??.

Remember that two-legged tigers and crocodiles are more dangerous than those that walk on four.

Ci vuole la sciagura per scavare certe miniere misteriose nascoste nell'intelligenza umana; ci vuole la pressione per far esplodere la polvere.

So! Isn't it worth one's curiosity to study the different ways that the soul may leave the body and how, according to the character, the temperament, or even the local customs of a country, individuals face up to that supreme journey from being to nothingness? As for me, I can assure you of one thing: the more you have seen others die, the easier it becomes to die oneself. So, in my opinion, death may be a torment, but it is not an expiation.

How typical that is, you proud and self-absorbed creature! This is indeed the man who enjoys taking an axe to the self-esteem of others, but cries out when a needle touches his own.

Dantès had a heart of gold, he called all those people his friends... Poor Edmond! I suppose it's better he never found out; it would have been too hard for him to forgive them as he was dying. And no matter what they say, I'm more afraid of the curse of a dead man than the hatred of a living one.

Apoi ajunse s? se îndoiasc? de inocenÈ›a sa, ceea ce justifica oarecum ideile guvernatorului asupra alienaÈ›iei mintale, în sfârÈ™it, c?zu de la în?lÈ›imea orgoliului È™i se rug?, nu îns? lui Dumnezeu, ci oamenilor. Dumnezeu e ultima instan??. Nenorocitul care ar trebui s? înceap? cu Domnul, nu îÈ™i pune speranÈ›ele în EL, decât dup? ce le-a epuizat pe toate celelalte.

Because of the kind of life he had led, and because of the resolve he had made – and kept – not to shrink from anything, the count had managed to enjoy unknown pleasures in the struggle against nature, which is God, and against the world – which is, near enough, the Devil.

Don't hope too much, Bertuccio,' said the count. 'The wicked do not die in that way: God seems to take them under his protection to use them as the instruments of his vengeance.

Having reached the summit of his vengeance by a long and tortuous path, he saw an abyss of doubt yawning before him.

Întotdeauna mi-a fost mai fric? de o pan?, de o sticlu?? cu cerneal? ÅŸi de o coal? de hîrtie decît de o sabie sau un pistol

You talk like a noodle, my friend.

at the end of his teeth.

jeune homme de dix-huit à vingt ans, grand, svelte

In all well-organized brains, the predominating idea—and there always is one—is sure to be the last thought before sleeping, and the first upon waking in the morning.

The past, like the country through which we walk, becomes indistinct as we advance.

Ahora bien, a mí me agradan los fantasmas, nunca he oído decir que los muertos hayan hecho en seis mil años tanto daño como los vivos en un solo día.

But excessive grief is like a storm at sea, where the frail bark is tossed from the depths to the top of the wave. Dantès recoiled from the idea of so infamous a death, and passed suddenly from despair to an ardent desire for life and liberty.

people who don't ask too many questions give the best consolation.

God may sometimes appear to forget, when his justice is resting; but the time always comes when he remembers

Pensando all'ideale dimenticò il presente e con la filosofia dimenticò d'essere prigioniero.

Quand on pense, dit Caderousse en laissant tomber sa main sur le papier, qu'il y a là de quoi tuer un homme plus sûrement que si on l 'attendait au coin d'un bois pour l'assassiner  ! J'ai toujours eu plus peur d'une plume, d'une bouteille d'encre et d'une feuille de papier que d'une épée ou d'un pistolet.

Apprendere non vuol dire sapere; vi sono i sapienti e i savi. È la memoria che fa gli uni, è la filosofia che fa gli altri».